Re: 10.4 - is it worth it?

In article <BFAFBE31.128F78%chrisridd@xxxxxxx>,
Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]
> > But windows is Apple's biggest competitor so it is fair to cite it.
>
> No, it still doesn't make much sense. Sun are promoting Java as a platform
> to develop to. Microsoft are not, so Sun are forced to go over and above the
> call of duty to promote their platform on Windows.

Yes and Apple are promoting their computers as Java development
platforms. If they were a significant player Sun would probably be
backing them too.

>
> IBM don't support the 1.5 JDK at *all*, as far as I can work out. They don't
> support 32-bit versions of the 1.4 JDK on AIX 4.x.
>
> HP don't support the 1.5 JDK for HP-UX 11.0 at all.
>
> > Is it not in Apple's best interest to keep Java working on OS X if they
> > want to attract Java community support ?
>
> Lots of vendors seem to do exactly the same as Apple.

True. They are no different to many other companies in this respect.

This thread has got me rethinking my views to a certain extent. I can
appreciate that asking someone to use the latest OS to use the latest
JDK can be justified. However, I still feel that such tactics will push
more developers towards linux and windows for development where they
aren't burdened with the same problem and have much more community
support, and as long as that continues 3rd party Java support for OS X
will remain very limited.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
.

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